February 2009
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“Although Linnaeus had many disciples, only one ever located any cochineal. In...”
– This anecdote is one of my new favorite history of science stories. The production of scientific knowledge is always, and always has been, contingent on many unpredictable and uncontrollable variables; however, the engagement with physical specimens and great distances that defined the work of...
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The technical story of Muxtape
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Originally Muxtape was written in PHP, about a year ago. PHP is a fantastic language for gradually turning static pages into functional ones in an ad hoc way. However, PHP as a language is a clusterfuck of bad design decisions because it lacks a clear vision. With the new Muxtape we have an amazingly expansive (and yet minimally focused) vision and needed a better foundation to...
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